- 6 Main themes and how they relate to PA (5 Themes of Geography; Native Americans; Colonial/ Revolutionary Period; Transportation/ Westward Movement; Early 1800s to the present and Government) 

-  Project based learning that is centered around essential questions. Encourages inquiry in the learning process. (Students are not just given information, they discover and learn for themselves.) 

- Strategies for reading non-fiction text are taught.
Study Skills will be taught and gradually the support will be scaffolded out. (vocabulary building strategies, note taking, graphic organizers, time management)

- Assessment: independent classwork (exit slips, notebook activities), quizzes/projects (independent & mostly done in school), tests and group work activities

Concepts in Social Studies this week: 3/9-3/13

The children will finish learning about the first Americans and they will take a chapter test on Friday.  We will be reviewing their study guide on Monday and they should be studying each night this week. There is a Gimkit they can play to help review the concepts in this chapter. They can access this through google classroom.


Homework:

The definitions of important vocabulary terms and concepts can be found in their notes. The children should be reviewing these terms and concepts on a nightly basis. They are encouraged to make vocabulary cards at home to help them study. *At this point in the year they should be independent with doing this since they've had plenty of practice with this skill at school.  

Vocabulary Terms & Concepts for 3/9-3/13:

colony

- First country that started the first permanent settlement in PA
- Difficulties that happened during the Age of Exploration
- Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
- Contributions from the Swedish and Dutch


Vocabulary Terms & Concepts for 2/24-2/28:

wigwam
longhouse
sweat lodge
bartering
wampum

Kinds of transportation used by Native Americans in PA
Why bartering was so important


Vocabulary Terms & Concepts for 2/17-2/21:

Algonquin
Iroquois
clan
govern
canoe
buckskin

League of Nations

Vocabulary Terms & Concepts for 2/10-2/14:

historian
archeologist
migration
culture

Ice Age
Beringia
Meadowcroft Rockshelter
Stone Age